It is still too early to contact Bulgaria, and other countries, about the possible flight of Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane over its airspace on its way to Hungary, where he is to meet with US President Donald Trump, Moscow announced today, BNR reported.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko answered a question from the state agency RIA "Novosti" whether the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has already had contacts on the topic of Putin's presidential plane with Bulgaria and two other countries - Poland and Romania. He laconically stated "It's still early".
Our Foreign Ministry has not yet received a request from Moscow for Putin's plane to fly through our airspace on its way to Hungary.
RIA Novosti recalls that Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, NATO countries, separate Russia and Hungary.
The topic came up after US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, after a telephone conversation on October 16, announced that they would immediately begin preparing a new meeting between the two, which could take place in Budapest.
Shortly after that, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that he had ordered the creation of an organizing committee to prepare for the summit in Budapest. According to him, this work began on Thursday evening.
Intensified diplomatic efforts are underway to organize a meeting in Budapest between Trump and Putin
Hungary guarantees that Putin will be able to enter and exit the country unhindered
Yesterday, the European Commission recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have frozen accounts in the EU, but not a travel ban in the Community.